April 22, 2010
When: 4/22/2010
Light dinner at 5:30 PM
Presentation at 6:00 PM
Where: WMU College of Engineering Building, Rm E-121
Light dinner at 5:30 PM
Presentation at 6:00 PM
Where: WMU College of Engineering Building, Rm E-121
Mike Eaton presents "Improving our craft: A discussion on software estimation"
How are your software estimation skills? If your answer was "Dude, I'm terrible at estimation", you're not alone.
Being able to accurately estimate software is a skill every developer should have but research and statistics show it's a skill few actually possess. In this session, we'll talk about why we have so much trouble with this key skill and then discuss some strategies for improving our software estimation chops.
Meeting Room
The meeting will be held in room E-121 of the College of Engineering Building on WMU's Parkview Campus (driving directions). The building is organized into 7 sections, lettered A-G, where Section A is closest to US-131 and Section D is the central hub. The meeting room is on the the first floor of section E. We recommend parking in the East ramp behind the building.
Single-event parking tags are required for the ramps behind the building, and will be available for anyone who needs one (please park and see Mark Gilbert or Mike Eaton). Please let us know in your RSVP if you will require one so we can get an accurate count.
Michael Eaton is an independent consultant who lives in southern Michigan. Since 1994, Mike has been designing and implementing high quality, robust solutions using Microsoft technologies including .NET and SQL Server. He speaks at regional events and user groups, runs the Kalamazoo X Conference and helps with the Ann Arbor Give Camp. He is a 2009 C# MVP. When not working on projects or spending time with his family, he enjoys blogging, playing his XBox 360 and hanging out with friends.
How are your software estimation skills? If your answer was "Dude, I'm terrible at estimation", you're not alone.
Being able to accurately estimate software is a skill every developer should have but research and statistics show it's a skill few actually possess. In this session, we'll talk about why we have so much trouble with this key skill and then discuss some strategies for improving our software estimation chops.
Meeting Room
The meeting will be held in room E-121 of the College of Engineering Building on WMU's Parkview Campus (driving directions). The building is organized into 7 sections, lettered A-G, where Section A is closest to US-131 and Section D is the central hub. The meeting room is on the the first floor of section E. We recommend parking in the East ramp behind the building.
Single-event parking tags are required for the ramps behind the building, and will be available for anyone who needs one (please park and see Mark Gilbert or Mike Eaton). Please let us know in your RSVP if you will require one so we can get an accurate count.
Michael Eaton is an independent consultant who lives in southern Michigan. Since 1994, Mike has been designing and implementing high quality, robust solutions using Microsoft technologies including .NET and SQL Server. He speaks at regional events and user groups, runs the Kalamazoo X Conference and helps with the Ann Arbor Give Camp. He is a 2009 C# MVP. When not working on projects or spending time with his family, he enjoys blogging, playing his XBox 360 and hanging out with friends.
If you're interested in attending, please RSVP to Contact@DevMI.com so we can get an accurate number for food and seating. If you require a parking tag for the ramps behind the College of Engineering building, please let us know that in your RSVP as well.